The District Police Office, Dhankuta confirmed the deaths of Ramjeet Rai and Kabir Bahadur Rai of Sangurigadhi Rural Municipality-7 in the accident. Injured truck driver Dev Kumar Lama, 45, of Manthali Municipality-7, Ramechhap, his helper Saman Tamang, 20, and Rajesh Ghimire of Makwanpur, Ramesh Bhandari of Dhading have been taken to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

The truck (Na 5 Kha 1936) overturned on the highway all of a sudden, killing the two DoR staffs on the spot and leaving other fours injured, according DPO’s SSP Sudip Rajbhandari.